To signal a challenge, the player will tap the top of their hat (or helmet in the ... But this isn’t the first robot umpires have been used in professional baseball. The league began ...

Former New York Mets starter Max Scherzer is once again anti-change and spoke out this week about the ABS system in MLB.

Automated balls and strikes (ABS) are on the horizon for Major League Baseball, and the Cincinnati Reds are bracing for a ...

The league is testing new robot umpires during spring ... he can tap his hat because for a challenge," said Morgan Sword, Executive VP of Baseball Operations. "But the goal is to not to take ...

You could reasonably argue his baseball heart and mind ... by the player tapping on their hat or helmet. The challenge must be made immediately after the umpire's call. A video will play on ...

The challenging player taps his hat or helmet to indicate the challenge ... It also isn't necessary. Major League umpires get approximately 95% of calls correct. Of the 5% of miscalled pitches ...

The ABS challenge system is being tested this spring as MLB ponders a wider plunge. But it could erase pitch framing, one of ...

While Major League umpires as a whole have gotten better of ... The umpire called it a ball, Scherzer tapped his hat twice to indicate he was challenging, and the system determined the umpire ...

While MLB won’t use this technology in ... They can do so by tapping his hat or helmet immediately after the umpire’s call. Boone and the Yankees actually got a taste of the process on Wednesday.

In a few weeks the sounds of baseballs meeting bats and the smell of grilled burgers will be permeating the air on West Clark Street as the 2025 baseball season will be underway in town, a tradition ...